Hiram littlefield



i: I git-mh gwn,- sfrni @ffice` y HIRAM LiTTLEFIELnAND CHARLES LIT'TLnFI'ELD, or TEWKSBURY, Messia' ACHUSPATS.

4 l Letters Patent No. 67,202, dated July 30, 1867.

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T0 ALL WHOM ITMAY CONCERN: .f Beit known that, we, HIRAM LITTLEFIELD nd @imanes LITTLEFIELD, both' of Teswksbury, in the county of Middlesex, and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new end useful improvements in the Machines which areju-sed for Pressing and Marking or Cutting or Stamping Corn-Coke, which is a. composition of brokenI or cracked, purched, or roasted corn, and cnndied, or partly c ondied, molasses; and-we hereby declare that the following is a. full, clear, and exact description of our said'improvements, reference being had to the accompa. nying'drnwings, making port of this specification, in which-4 Figure 1 is c side elevation. Figure 2, a plan. l Figure 3, an end view. n Figure 4, a plan of the table and former or pressing-frame, after the pressing vand marking'er cutting' devices have been removed.

Figure 5 is u top side,

Figure 6, a. bottom side, end f Figure 7 an end elevation of the movable cutter-head orstnmping-follower. Figure 8 is a top side view, Figure 9, an edge view, and Figure 10 au end view of the pressing-i`ollower; all of which pertain to our said invention. Our invention consists in movable cutter-hearl ox-stnmping-follow'er, which has a series oi' blades secured lto and projecting downwards from its under side-in, ebmbinn'tion'with a. series of stationary bers, which constiy y tute a. pressing-folldwer, whichis suspended beneath the 'stamping-follower by suitable 'springs secu-red toithe stamping-follower or the pressing-follower, and having slots in their ends working or sliding on screws or bolts,

r the headsof which engage with the springs :it en'cl1"side-oi` the slots in their ends to 'raise the pressingfollower. When the stamping-follower is raised said springs', actingo'n the/iop of the pressing-follower, causes thesuine to press hard on .the corn-cake, or other substnnce under operation, in advance of the blades, or before said blades can be depressed so es tu come i'n contact' with the substance under operation, to cut, mark, or stamp the same. 1. v

'In the drawings, A 1s the movnble cutter-head or'stumplng-tollowerv, having a. series of blades, k. projecting i downward f1-omits under side. A pressing-follower, composed ofstationary bars B, is 'suspended beneath the stamping-follower by any suitnblejprings, C, which, in the present-case, nre semi-elliptic, and fastened at or neur their centres to the stamping-follower'by screws It, The ends g of these springs dre provided with slots e and screws oxjbolts f passing through said slots, and, entering the substitnce of theA pressing-follower, connect the two lollowers' together. The slauipingsfollower iss-.guided up and down between the posts by jaws, c, and moved by'menus of u lever, E,'o.nd connecting-link d, or other suitable device, suid lever'being hinged or pivoted to one of the posts D, and guided by a. slot or mcrtisc, made through the opposite post. r The c orn l cake to be pressed and stamped, cut, or marked is placed upon the'table F, within the formefr or pressing-frame G, seid frame bemgwilhdmwn from beneath the 'pressing= und stamping-device to n position shown in red lines in fig-4. flhisfrume, withethe corn cake, is then moved forward directly 'benentlrtlie pressingr end stampingdevice, and weight applied to the outer end of the lever E forces the pressing und stamping-device downward on'to the .corn-cake. The stationary or unyielding buts, which constitute the pressingfollowle'r, presses said cern eske in a'. suitable manner, and the blades c, on the sftcmping-follower A, stamp, cut, or mark the corn culte sp that it may be easiiy broken for packing, transportation, ir-sale. The springs C must be considerably stili, so ns to press hard on the substance under operation before the blades have reached the sume or come in contucttherewith, and so as to withdrew the blades from contact withv the substance-before the pressingicllower rises. After the followers have been lifted from the lcorn cake, or other substance,` the frame G, containing the cake, muy be drown bock, turned round, and replacedgto cut the cake the otherway, end again drawn back and theicuke' removed, when the 'machine is ready fdr `:.inothcr operation.

Thus it will be readily seen that the corn cake muy D: evenly, suitably'presscd, and stamped, cut, or marked for packing, transportation, or sale;wherens in the ordinary machine for putting corn cake the lknives or blades are stationary, andV single'movable yielding guides are placed between them, and when brought down on'to the cake some of the yielding guidesiyield more than others, and none bear or lpress on the cake to any extent until the blades come in contact with or enter said cake, consequently'the lcake cut by the ordinary machine will be very nneven, and diiiicult to pack for transportation the `same weight in boxes of the same capacity.

.We are aware that a machine has been patented by Williain Manning for pressing and cutting corn cake, wherein separate, disconnected, and uneqnally yielding bers or pressing devices are used, and-wherein a. former is claimed in combination with such disconnected und adjustable clearers ancl'knives for cutting. We wish it to be distinctly understood thatwe' disclaim having invented the equivalent in principle, construction, or operation, either the unequally yielding bars or the eombindtion of suoli bars with a cutting device;A but what we do claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isv

1. The pressi'ngfollower, when constructed as shown and described', viz, B, end arranged to operate as and for the purpose specified.

2. And 'in vcombination'with the pressingsfollover, constrnctc blades k, springs C, and pressing-frame G, in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

rusAM Lrtr-TLnsiELn,

Witnesses: -CHARMES Ll'TLEFIELD. T. S. WHITNEY/, R. B. NEVERS,

JOHN EfCnArm, l

with stationary or unyielding bars d as described, the stamping-follower sindv 

